Difference between revisions of "Chaza (Colombia)"

In this precise economic sense, the ''chaza'' is a creative response to the mismatch between the goals proposed by the social system and the means provided by the system to achieve these goals. It is precisely for this reason that some sociologists see ''chazas'' as an innovative response to anomie (Gómez-Morales, 2013<ref> Gómez-Morales, Y.J. 2013. Reconsiderar la innovación entre la informalidad y la ilegalidad. In O. Restrepo-Forero (ed.), Ensamblado en Colombia. Bogotá: Centro de Estudios Sociales–Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 429-435.</ref>). Thus social and economic theory agree on reconsidering innovation in a way that does not reduce it to state of the art technology or equate it with something new (Edgerton 1999<ref> Edgerton, D. 1999. ‘From innovation to use. Ten eclectic theses on the historiography of technology’, History and Technology, 16(2): 111-136</ref>).

In this precise economic sense, the ''chaza'' is a creative response to the mismatch between the goals proposed by the social system and the means provided by the system to achieve these goals. It is precisely for this reason that some sociologists see ''chazas'' as an innovative response to anomie (Gómez-Morales, 2013<ref> Gómez-Morales, Y.J. 2013. Reconsiderar la innovación entre la informalidad y la ilegalidad. In O. Restrepo-Forero (ed.), Ensamblado en Colombia. Bogotá: Centro de Estudios Sociales–Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 429-435.</ref>). Thus social and economic theory agree on reconsidering innovation in a way that does not reduce it to state of the art technology or equate it with something new (Edgerton 1999<ref> Edgerton, D. 1999. ‘From innovation to use. Ten eclectic theses on the historiography of technology’, History and Technology, 16(2): 111-136</ref>).

[[File:Single Product Chaza_Mick Jagger ate here.jpg|thumb|x250px|left|A single product ''chaza''. Mick Jagger once ate here. Source: Author. © Yuri Jack Gómez ]]

[[File:Single Product Chaza_Mick Jagger ate here.jpg|thumb|x250px|left|A single product ''chaza''. Mick Jagger once ate here. Source: Author. © Yuri Jack Gómez ]]

In this sense, social perspectives on design see ''chazas'' as a Lego game, that is, as a modular assembly whose size, number of pieces and type of components are function of the resources-at-hand, the type of product(s) to be commercialized and the characteristics of the public space in which it will operates (Ramirez-Diaz 2024<ref> Ramírez-Díaz, C. 2024. Diseñar en el Sur: sobre la racionalidad de un diseño mestizo. In C. Ramírez-Ajiaco and Y.J. Gómez-Morales (eds.), Ensamblando límites, informalidad, fraude e innovación. Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana: 1-42

In this sense, social perspectives on design see ''chazas'' as a Lego game, that is, as a modular assembly whose size, number of pieces and type of components are function of the resources-at-hand, the type of product(s) to be commercialized and the characteristics of the public space in which it will operates (Ramirez-Diaz 2024<ref> Ramírez-Díaz, C. 2024. Diseñar en el Sur: sobre la racionalidad de un diseño mestizo. In C. Ramírez-Ajiaco and Y.J. Gómez-Morales (eds.), Ensamblando límites, informalidad, fraude e innovación. Bogotá: Editorial Uniagustiniana: 1-42

</ref>). There are ''chazas'' of all kinds of products, from garbage food to cigarettes by the piece, from clothes to mobile phone accessories, from cups of coffee, herbal tea or fresh fruit to more elaborate recipes cooked on the spot. There are book ''chazas'', CD ''chazas'', obsolete tools and appliances ''chazas'', and even ''chazas'' of witchcraft and some other utilitarian spiritual artefacts.

</ref>). There are ''chazas'' of all kinds of products, from garbage food to cigarettes by the piece, from clothes to mobile phone accessories, from cups of coffee, herbal tea or fresh fruit to more elaborate recipes cooked on the spot. There are book ''chazas'', CD ''chazas'', obsolete tools and appliances ''chazas'', and even ''chazas'' of witchcraft and some other utilitarian spiritual artefacts.